Shanika Minor, FBI "Top Ten" fugitive, arrested in N.C.
MILWAUKEE, Wisc. --A Wisconsin woman wanted for the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child has been arrested in Fayetteville, North Carolina, according to the FBI.
Shanika Minor, 24, was added this week to the FBI's notorious "Top Ten Most Wanted" fugitives list.
The FBI Milwaukee announced the arrest Friday via Twitter. More details were expected to be released.
Minor is suspected of murdering the woman who had been her mother's neighbor over a loud music complaint, according to the FBI. The agency says the murder followed a March 6 confrontation with the woman, who was nine months pregnant. CBS affiliate WDJT identified the victim as Tamecca Perry.
The FBI says Minor's mother complained to her that Perry had been playing loud music at an unreasonable hour. On March 5, investigators say Minor confronted Perry near her home, but Minor's mother de-escalated the situation. Minor allegedly brandished a firearm and fired a round into the air. The FBI says Minor felt Perry was "disrespecting her family."
The next day, shortly before 3 a.m., investigators say Minor again confronted Perry at the back door of her home. The FBI says Minor's mother again tried to intervene, placing herself between her daughter and Perry. Minor allegedly reached over her mother's shoulder and fired, striking Perry in the chest. Perry and the baby, who was due within a week, both died.
WDJT reports Perry's two children were home at the time and witnessed the murder.
Minor fled, and hadn't been seen since.
Minor was charged March 9 with first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree intentional homicide of an unborn child in a local arrest warrant. On April 28, she was charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
She is the 509th person to be added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List, which was established in 1950.